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HTML
<ul>
<li>list item 1</li>
<li>list item 2</li>
<li id="notli">list item 3</li>
<li>list item 4</li>
<li>list item 5</li>
</ul>
JavaScript
$( "li" ).not( document.getElementById( "notli" ) )
.css( "background-color", "red" );